Fr. Joe Dailey

Send us Fan Mail "To all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God." (John 1:12) I have Christmas Morning Mass at 8:30 am @ St. Isidore frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Joseph is not like King Ahaz, who stubbornly refuses to admit that God cannot be limited by the contours of creation. But until his revelatory dream, Joseph has no way to know that he has been cast in the greatest of all human dramas: The Gospel of God. I have Mass on December 18 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-onl...

Send us Fan Mail Last week, John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness. John is like a midwife: He had the freedom, the passion, and the clear boundaries that are needed to get anything started. John is a wild man who "clears the threshing floor,"  but after that he really does not have much to do. I have Mass on December 11 at St. isidore 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail If the wolf can be the guest of the lamb, and the bear and cow be friends,  then no injury or hate can be a guest within the kingdom of my heart. Eden's peace and harmony will only return when first, in my heart, there hides no harm or ruin, for the Peaceable Kingdom is in my hands. I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, December 4 @ 7:30/9:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail My family is having a different sort of Advent this year. My nephew and his wife are awaiting the birth of their third child in the next two weeks or so. No one knows the exact day or hour, so we watch and wait for news. I have Mass on Sunday, November 27 at St. Isidore 9:30 and 11:30 AM At St. Andrew, 5:00 PM frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail  In this most unlikely of places the garden has suddenly returned. Paradise has emerged in the cross-bound conversation between two dying men: one a representative of sin reaching for wholeness,  the other a Son of the fullness of God reaching toward what has been lost. I have Mass on November 20 @ St. Isidore 7:30/9:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Jesus is teaching us ow to live in the midst of collapse. "Do not be terrified!" Fear shuts us down. Instead, Jesus invites us  to see this as a gift: "When they bring you before kings and governors: This will give you an opportunity to testify." I am in the Holy Land; we have Sunday Mass on the Mount of Olives at the Church of All Nations. I will be home for M...

Send us Fan Mail Whatever we believe about death is an important question for us because it not only changes the way we imagine God, it changes the way we live our lives . I am at St. Isidore November 6 @ 9:30/11:30 am. I leave November 8th for Israel. Next Sunday's homily will be online only. I'll be back for Mass on November 20th. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The story begins with Zacchaeus wanting to see who Jesus was. Up until now, everyone has been looking down on Zacchaeus or overlooking him. For the first time in his life, someone looks up to Zacchaeus. I have Mass at St. Isidore on October 30 @ 7:30/9:30 am. the 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ I have Mass at St. Isidore on All Saints D...

Send us Fan Mail Prayer will always lead us back to one another. It is not about separation, but communion. It’s not about my being better than you, but God’s grace, through me, including you. I have Mass on October 23 at St. Isidore, 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail We don’t know anything about the widow’s cause, whether she is right or wrong; we only know one thing: she is faithful! She kept coming again and again, relentlessly pursuing her claim.  I have Mass @ St. Isidore on October 16, 7:30/9:30 am. The 7:30 Mass is live-streamed  https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The lepers immediately demonstrate their faith by following Jesus’ instruction even though they still have their disease. Only as they are on their way do we find out that “they were made clean.” Jesus has responded to their cries by drawing from them an act of faith that results in their physical healing. I have Mass on Sunday October 9 @ St. Isidore, 9:30 am and 11:30 am @ St. A...

Send us Fan Mail So we should be called “due-nothing” servants, pun intended, which may reflect Jesus' own sense of humor. While this servant clearly is not a  “do-nothing” person, it is also clear that a servant is “due nothing” for services rendered. I have the 7:30/9:30 am Masses @ St. Isidore October 2, 2022 frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The name Lazarus - in Hebrew “Eliezer” -  means “God helps.” Before Abraham had any sons, he had only one heir to his fortune: his steward, Eliezer. In Jewish tradition, Abraham’s steward, Eliezer of Damascus, was an angel. Lazarus, sitting outside the gate of the rich man, was an angel in disguise. I have Mass at St. Andrew on Sunday September 25, 5 pm frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail More importantly, the steward has been treated generously by the master since he was only fired instead of being more severely punished. The steward spends his master’s generosity. I am away this weekend. I have Mass September 25 @ St. Andrew, 5 pm. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Luke gives us not two, but three parables. There is a rule of three in story telling: "Cinderella" and her two sisters; to use a non-kosher example, "The Three Little Pigs." Usually, the third story reveals the surprise: "There was a man who had two sons." I am in Bavaria this weekend and next for the Passion Play in Oberammergau. frjoedailey@gmail.co...

Send us Fan Mail The sculptor imposes nothing, but only frees what is held captive in stone. Discipleship is something like this. It does not work by means of addition or acquisition, but by release, of prying loose, of letting go of the need to have our life circumstances be a certain way in order for us to live, or pray, or be deeply happy.  frjoedailey@gmail.com I have the 7:30/9:30 am Masses @...

Send us Fan Mail Rather than seeking the best place, Jesus asks us to turn the table and begin with those who don’t even have a place at the table. When we start from the bottom, everyone is included, all the way up. I have Mass @ St. Isidore 9:30/11:30 am. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail In Hebrew, the word for Egypt is Mitzrayim , which literally means a very narrow place.  To come out of Egypt, the Children of Israel had to pass through a narrow, difficult way. God meets us in the narrow places and leads us out into the land of promise. I have the 7:30/9:30 am Masses at St. Isidore on August 21. the 7:30 am Mass is live-streamed: https://stisidore.church/worship...

Send us Fan Mail Luke is connecting the baptism of Jesus, when the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form, like a dove; and his death on the cross, when Jesus gives his Spirit. I have the 9:30 / 11:30 am Masses at St. Isidore on August 14. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail "The difference between a labyrinth and a maze is that a labyrinth has no dead ends.  No step taken in faith is wasted, not by a God who makes all things new.” Rachel Held Evans I have Mass at St. Isidore on August 7 @ 7:30 and 9:30 am. The 7:30 am Mass will be live streamed: https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail A voice from the crowd asks Jesus to mediate in a family inheritance dispute. While Jesus is teaching us how to give our lives away, this man wants to make sure he doesn’t lose anything. I have Mass on Sunday, July 31: @ St. Isidore, 9:30/11:30 am @ St. Andrew, 5:00 pm link to HOPE:FORWARD video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VssQtdXWqSs frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Abraham bargained with God to save the city for the sake of a few righteous ones. Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism, expanded the idea: “The world must contain not less than 36 righteous individuals in each generation for whom God preserves the world." I will be away this weekend. On July 31 I have Mass  @ St. Isidore 9:30/11:30 St. Andrew 5 pm frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail James Alison suggests that Jesus’ comment to Martha is probably a pun, which does not translate well from the original language. Alison imagines Jesus saying: "Martha, Martha, You want Mary to help you with the serving, But I just want to serve you." frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The two sisters are focused in different ways on single-hearted devotion to the Christ. Jesus is the center of attention of Martha's hospitality and the center of Mary's as DISCIPLE , one who is being taught.  I have 7:30/9:30 am Mass @ St. Isidore on July 17  frjoedailey@gmail.com